Re: [gentoo-user] troubles with ati-drivers-8.25.18

[Mauro Arnoldi <agharti81@tiscali.it>]

Alle 21:51, martedì 13 giugno 2006, Ryan Tandy ha scritto:
> Mauro Arnoldi wrote:
> > My ati drivers doesn't want to compile:
> >
> > #emerge -pv ati-drivers
> >
> > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> >
> > Calculating dependencies... done!
> > [blocks B     ] >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 (is blocking
> > x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.25.18)
> > [ebuild   R   ] x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.25.18  USE="opengl" 0 kB
> >
> > I try with: emerge -O ati-drivers and I set the driver "fglrx". The
> > result:
> >
> > (EE) module ABI major version (0) doesn't match the server's version (1)
> > (EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module does not exist, 0)
> > (EE) No drivers available
> >
> >> -Richard
>
> Then you may need to use a different xorg-server version.  If that
> doesn't pose a major problem, then
>
> # emerge -C xorg-server
> # emerge -D ati-drivers
>
> Simply installing the ati-drivers should automatically pull in the
> newest xorg-server that they will work with.  There's a thread somewhere
> on forums.gentoo.org, and another one a while back on gentoo-dev,
> explaining the reason for the block.
>
> When I first started with the ati-drivers, Xorg 6.8 was the latest
> available, but they would only work with 6.7 - so we had to wait until
> ATI released a new version before we could use 6.8.
>
> Waiting a few weeks for the very latest xorg-server build won't kill you.
> ;)

Ok, I'll try not to die in the meanwhile :)
Thanks!

Mauro

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